Local Production of Pharmaceuticals : Industrial Policy and Access to Medicines, An Overview of Key Concepts, Issues and Opportunities for Future Research

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dc.creatorKaplan, Warren
dc.creatorLaing, Richard
dc.date2013-05-30T19:44:53Z
dc.date2013-05-30T19:44:53Z
dc.date2005-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:18:07Z
dc.descriptionLocal production of pharmaceuticals in developing countries may be seen as helping to stimulate industrial policy and/or as stimulating pharmaceutical access to needed medicines. However, if a developing country with manufacturing facilities is able to finish off bulk active ingredients sourced from developed or other countries at high costs, such manufacture may have no impact whatever on patient access to needed medicines. There has been some critical thinking in the past regarding whether or not small developing countries should make their own pharmaceuticals, but no recent comprehensive summary of the issues and policy options. This paper summarizes the issues surrounding local production from a policy and public health viewpoint. It provides four brief country-level case studies, and reviews the evidence supporting the industrial policy assumptions underlying the goal of local production. In brief, in many parts of the world, producing medicines domestically makes little economic sense. If many countries begin local production, the result may be less access to medicines, since economies of scale may be lost if there are production facilities in many countries. The document concludes by providing a research agenda specifically designed to test assumptions about local production of pharmaceuticals.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5733898/local-production-pharmaceuticals-industrial-policy-access-medicines-overview-key-concepts-issues-opportunities-future-research
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13723
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/13723
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416859
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationHealth, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADVERTISING
dc.subjectANTIBIOTICS
dc.subjectANTIHISTAMINES
dc.subjectBENCHMARKING
dc.subjectCHEMISTS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDEPRESSANTS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDIABETES
dc.subjectDRUG MANUFACTURING
dc.subjectDRUG POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subjectECONOMIC
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE USE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectESSENTIAL DRUGS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGENERIC PRODUCTS
dc.subjectGMP
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS
dc.subjectHOLIDAYS
dc.subjectHORMONES
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINSULIN
dc.subjectLOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectLOCAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL DRUG POLICY
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPATENTS
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORMS
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURE
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectPHARMACEUTICALS
dc.subjectPHARMACY
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectQUALITY CONTROL
dc.subjectREGULATORY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectRESEARCH AGENDA
dc.subjectSOLVENTS
dc.subjectSTIMULANTS
dc.subjectSUPPLY
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTRADE BALANCE
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL MEDICINES
dc.subjectVACCINES
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectVITAMINS
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleLocal Production of Pharmaceuticals : Industrial Policy and Access to Medicines, An Overview of Key Concepts, Issues and Opportunities for Future Research

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